Photo by Steven
In case you were going by First Avenue and Sixth Street today or tomorrow for some fruit and vegetables... the vendor is taking a break with the cold temps.
The vendor just returned last Monday after a late-winter hiatus.
Monday, March 28, 2022
Essex Card Shop is now in its reconstruction phase on Avenue A
This marks the next phase of the reopening for the longtime East Village business that a fire destroyed on Jan. 10.
In an email, Saba Aslam, the daughter of owner Muhammad Aslam, told me they are finishing some interior demolition. The Aslam family has a meeting with the contractors in early April to better understand how long the reconstruction process will take.
The photos below, via Saba's sister Mehnaz, show the current state of the interior...
Meanwhile, supporters of the business have helped it raise more than $90,000 in a GoFundMe campaign.
You can check out our previous posts on Essex Card Shop, located in the retail space of the Ageloff Towers between Third Street and Fourth Street, for more background on what has transpired to date.
Bike-lane upgrade underway on Houston
- Resurfacing of Houston between Second Avenue and the FDR
- Installing parking protected bike lanes on Houston between Forsyth and the FDR
- Installing delineator-protected and curbside bike lanes on Houston between Second Avenue and Forsyth .. and between Ludlow and Essex
- Creating painted pedestrian islands along Houston between Ludlow and Avenue C
- Installing new bicycle parking on Houston at Orchard and Avenue D
Plans for protected bike lanes along this corridor date to the fall of 2020 ... and put into place to provide cyclists a safer passage on city streets with the closure of the East River Park Greenway until 2026.
This Houston Street work comes four months after the $1.45-billion East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) project shut down bike access along the East River starting at Montgomery Street.
The city installed new bike lanes for Avenue C late last summer.
El Rinconcito makes it signage official at new Avenue C home
As you may recall, El Rinconcito closed last summer at their home of 27 years at 408 E. 10th St. between Avenue C and Avenue D ... ahead of a move to an undisclosed new location.
The restaurant later posted their updated address on social media... but it's now signage official. There is no word yet on an opening date for the space here between Fifth Street and Sixth Street.
Bar Veloce looking to open an outpost on the Bowery
Reps for Bar Veloce will appear before CB3's SLA committee on April 11. Several EVG readers pointed out that public notices are posted on the Stanton Street entrance...
The questionnaire is not yet online.
Bar Veloce got its start on Second Avenue in the East Village in 2000 before expanding to locations in Chelsea, Soho and Columbus Circle (with other outposts in the works).
As Bowery Boogie previously noted, four applicants have kicked the tires on the space since Cata closed in 2019.
The address is also still home to several residents of the Sunshine Hotel upstairs...
Bracing for new construction at the former B Bar & Grill space on the Bowery
This past week, steel braces arrived on the wall adjacent to the property — 356 Bowery...
Not sure if these are to support the adjacent building during the demo or if they are part of the foundation for the incoming 21-story office building slated for the former restaurant space.
The B Bar (b 1994) never reopened after the PAUSE in March 2020. Our previous posts have more background on this development via Bowery Hotel owner Eric Goode.
Here's your Avenue A Deli and Grill signage on Avenue A
Early word: Kudos for the old-school "Avenue A" cursive font...
Waiting for EV Signage and Font Troll to weigh in!
Our previous post on this new arrival has more about the glut of like-minded businesses along this Avenue A corridor.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Remembering Taylor Hawkins as Iggy Pop in the 'CBGB' movie
As Vulture noted, "Hawkins impressed fans and peers alike with his full-throttle style and rambunctious energy."
Perhaps that's why, as an EVG reader reminded us, Hawkins was signed to play Iggy Pop in the 2013 "CBGB" bio-pic.
We're introduced to Iggy in the clip below ... who then interrupts a Blondie performance and later duets with Debbie Harry on a rendition of "I Wanna Be Your Dog."
That never actually happened — outside the film, anyway.
As the "CBGB" end credits pointed out: "And we know Iggy Pop never performed at CBGB. Deal with it!"
Week in Grieview
• Himalayan Vision is closing on 2nd Avenue (Monday)
• What might be next for the former St. Emeric church and school property? (Wednesday)
• Rest easy, citizens of 12th Street — the large animal invader has been slain (Tuesday)
• A look inside the soon-to-be-demolished Church of the Nativity on 2nd Avenue (Thursday)
• A fundraiser for Noor, a cat struck by a car on 10th Street (Tuesday)
• Massive film collection from the former Mondo Kim's is heading to Alamo Drafthouse downtown (Wednesday)
• The Gallery Watch Q&A: Dana Robinson on 'Ebony Reprinted' (Friday)
• The fruit vendor is BACK on 1st Avenue and 6th Street (Monday)
• 13-story mixed-use building slated for 5th and D (Tuesday)
• DeColores Community Yard collecting books for displaced Ukrainian families (Tuesday)
• FDR closure alert: City removing the last section of the Delancey Street footbridge Sunday morning (Thursday)
• Sei Shin Dojo offering free self-defense classes for AAPI women (Friday)
• What's the deal? Lot Stop slated for former Duane Reade space on 1st Avenue (Wednesday)
• Checking in on the USA Super Stores, opening soon on 3rd Avenue and 10th Street (Monday)
• New Swan Valet Cleaners is closing on 3rd Street (Thursday)
• Kebabwala eyes spring opening at 82 2nd Ave. (Thursday)
• A'more Caffè coming to 2nd and A (Monday)
• The former Barnyard Cheese Shop is for rent on Avenue B (Monday)
• Oh good — the turkey vultures are here (Wednesday)
• Paint Puff 'N' Peace coming soon to 2nd Avenue (Wednesday)
• The white and red stripes: The new-look KFC on 14th Street (Monday)
This week in Grand Openings
A benefit concert for trans housing at Performance Space New York
Details:
Join us for a night of celebration and fellowship! This will be a special evening to bring together the community as we reflect over the years with our chosen family — our sisters, brothers, and gender non-conforming siblings. All proceeds will go to two benefiting organizations: Black Trans Liberation and Bridges4Life. These organizations were founded and are led by Black trans women.Find ticket info here.
Sunday's opening shots
There's a planet-moon conjunction taking place ... Venus, Mars and Saturn all appear close together just before sunrise ... with a crescent moon nearby.
Per Felton: "On the other side of the constellation, the 28th-day waning crescent moon will slowly process across the planets, and then slide below them toward Aquarius on Tuesday."
Click on the image below for a better view... and with captions ... 
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Saturday's parting shots
Photos by Mike Krautter
The piece is titled "Ukraine: A History in Solidarity." From noon to 2, there was a public participation portion ...
In addition to the mural, Citizens is matching $25,000 in funds donated directly to the East Village-based Ukrainian National Women's League of America (UNWLA). 
Tyutyunik is expected to finish the mural tomorrow.
H/T Steven!
ICYMI: Why this section of the FDR will be closed overnight
Last day for Himalayan Vision on 2nd Avenue
Today is the last day for Himalayan Vision, 127 Second Ave. between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place.
As we reported this past Monday, Tenzin, who runs the Tibetan shop with his wife Sonam, said he simply couldn't make the rent anymore and decided to close after 23 years in business.
The shop is open until 8 p.m.
Steven notes that there is a rack with free items outside...
Remembering Nicholas Figueroa and Moises Locón
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the deadly Second Avenue gas explosion, killing two men and leveling three buildings (119, 121 and 123 Second Ave.).
There is a memorial plaque for the two men who died that day — Nicholas Figueroa and Moises Locón.
Officials dedicated this plaque last May. The Village Preservation advocated for its placement here on the new residential building at 45 E. Seventh St.
Previously on EV Grieve:
A mural ' to honor the indomitable spirit of Ukraine'
Via the EVG inbox...
Ukrainian artist Misha Tyutyunik will be painting a large-scale mural with public participation at the Citizens Bank branch in Little Ukraine, East Village. This mural was designed with the people of Kyiv during Tyutyunik's time in Ukraine during his Fulbright program. The mural is a gift from Citizens to its neighbors to honor the indomitable spirit of Ukraine.The bank opened branches across New York City in February with a mission to support the neighborhoods they are in. In addition to the mural, Citizens will announce a donation to UNWLA, a women-led organization [based in the East Village] that has taken extraordinary efforts to raise money to help Ukrainian refugees.
Signage shows that the work will take place between noon and 2 today...
Friday, March 25, 2022
Bang your 'Head'
Something new from the Brooklyn-based A Place to Bury Strangers. The video is for "My Head Is Bleeding," off the band's latest LP ... released on March 11.
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